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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
preventative action
perform quality control (Process)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
2. A product - result or service generated by a process
requirements traceability matrix
Delphi technique (Technique)
buyer
output (Process)
3. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
risk category
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
develop project management plan (Process)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
4. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
project initiation
Monte Carlo simulation
early finish date (EF)
estimate activity durations (Process)
5. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
activity duration
subproject
objective
risk
6. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
estimate activity resources (Process)
project manager
constraint (Input)
change control
7. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining
monitor
calendar unit
float
to complete performance index (TCPI)
8. Graphic display of schedule related information.
Gantt chart (Tool)
s-curve
decomposition (Technique)
regulation
9. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
work performance information
scheduled start date (SS)
risk category
program management
10. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
authority
summary activity
estimate activity resources (Process)
produce scope
11. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
schedule baseline
activity list (Output/Input)
lessons learned knowledge base
variance
12. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c
request for information (RFI)
change control system (Tool)
actual cost (AC)
develop schedule (Process)
13. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
logical relationship
practice
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
scheduled start date (SS)
14. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
identify risks (Process)
actual cost (AC)
master schedule (Tool)
executing processes (Process Group)
15. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
standard
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
human resource plan
work package
16. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
verification
network path
master schedule (Tool)
finish to start (FS)
17. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
template
scope baseline
sub network
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
18. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
procurement documents (Output/Input)
milestone
determine budget (Process)
project life cycle
19. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
lead (Technique)
project management process group
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
20. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
data date
voice of the customer
administer procurements (Process)
material
21. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
resource calendar
quality management plan (Output/Input)
BCWS
22. Defined function to be performed by a project team member
lead (Technique)
fast tracking (Technique)
role
project management team
23. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
root cause analysis (Technique)
estimate (Output/Input)
network logic
24. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector
plan quality (Process)
scope change
project schedule (Output/Input)
application area
25. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project
performing organization
request for proposal (RFP)
validation
baseline
26. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds
input (Process) input
validation
trend analysis (Technique)
calendar unit
27. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses
near critical activity
procurement documents (Output/Input)
risk register (Output/Input)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
28. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
total float
free float
work breakdown structure component
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
29. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
change control board (CCB)
matrix organization
project management knowledge area
early start date (ES)
30. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project
late finish date (LF)
variance
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
budget
31. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
program management
develop schedule (Process)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
functional organization
32. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
project management
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
executing processes (Process Group)
successor activity
33. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget
lead (Technique)
network path
report performance (Process)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
34. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget
parametric estimating (Technique)
requirements traceability matrix
estimate costs (Process)
verify scope (Process)
35. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
product life cycle
network logic
pareto chart (Tool)
risk
36. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project
project organization chart (Output/Input)
activity list (Output/Input)
Gantt chart (Tool)
voice of the customer
37. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence
finish to start (FS)
project management office (PMO)
flowcharting (Technique)
work authorization
38. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
inspection (Technique)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
total float
historical information
39. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
network logic
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
expert judgment (Technique)
acceptance criteria
40. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed
schedule performance index (SPI)
objective
acquire project team (Process)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
41. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
network path
develop project charter (Process)
scope creep
sensitivity analysis
42. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
lessons learned(Output/Input)
fast tracking (Technique)
percent complete
distribute information (Process)
43. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
rework
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
schedule baseline
request for quotation (RFQ)
44. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
schedule model (Tool)
role
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
45. Schedule activity that has a low total float.
time and material contract (T&M)
near critical activity
monitor and control risks (Process)
secondary risk
46. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
regulation
planning package
start to finish (SF)
identify stakeholders (Process)
47. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
perform quality control (Process)
resource
input (Process) input
48. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
early start date (ES)
secondary risk
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
49. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project
project time management (Knowledge Area)
resource breakdown structure
project initiation
early start date (ES)
50. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs
decision tree analysis (Technique)
project management plan (Output/Input)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)